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Re: Stiffening Capacitors

It is a bad idea. Most of the 1F capacitors (usually called supercaps) have low voltage ratings (5V, 3.3V, etc) and they are extremely intolerant to overvoltage conditions. They'll blow up thus violating the safety rules.
 


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